Four current and former East Fayette Elementary enrichment students were to the Georgia Capitol to demonstrate to state lawmakers how they use technology in the classroom.

Students from Rising Star Montessori, in Fayetteville will be going to New York City in April, 2008 to participate in the Montessori Model United Nations (MMUN) program. This is the only worldwide course that promotes student and teacher interest in international relations and related subjects. The 10 students from the upper elementary class will learn aspects of conflict resolution, research skills, and communication skills. This is a wonderful opportunity for Rising Star Montessori’s students to participate in such a unique project.

On February 16 at 10 a.m., the Fayette County Republican Party will convene precinct mass meetings to elect delegates and alternate delegates to the Fayette County Republican Party Convention.

A Starr’s Mill High student’s essay and recorded speech outlining her role in honoring America’s veterans has won the 2008 Voice of Democracy Scholarship Competition sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Peachtree City, Post 9949.

ExceptionalOPS, an advocacy group for the developmentally disabled and Fayette Senior Services, a non-profit organization that provides a broad scope of life-enhancing services to Fayette County’s senior population, collaborated in 2007 to launch the first Fayette County Alternative Transportation Initiative. Today, the program continues to successfully provide a solution to the transportation challenges their respective audiences face.

By Joe McKaughan

Simply Southern Tourism Association, Inc. and MainStreet Fayetteville are proud to feature one of the largest private collections of memorabilia from Gerber Baby Foods on display at the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum in Fayetteville, Georgia, February 1st through March 31, 2008.

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office is closing the books on its investigation into the deaths of former pro wrestler Chris Benoit and his family at their central Fayette home this summer.

Fayette School Board public hearings scheduled for Monday and Wednesday will likely be well attended. Correspondence to board members by Spring Hill Elementary PTO President Tom VanHoozer earlier in the week expressed concerns voiced by many of the parents whose 570 children make up the Spring Hill student population.

Though Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray had been talking with city officials for 16 months about an orderly resignation process, he had no idea that a Nov. 5 meeting with City Manager Bernard McMullen would present him with a stark choice.

A total 22 Fayette County student athletes signed scholarships today to play at the collegiate level. Click HERE to view the photos on The Citizen's sports pages

Democrat Barack Obama handily won Fayette County by a 2 to 1 margin while Republican Mitt Romney hung on for a slim victory over his two opponents in Tuesday's presidential preference primary.

Council to vote Thursday night on abandoning 2 city streets to permit a Kohl’s department store

The Peachtree City Council is expected to vote Thursday night whether to abandon a road to allow a commercial developer enough room to build a big box store.

There is something happening with Mike Pruitt. And it is a lot more than the terminal cancer with which he was recently diagnosed.

The long-time officer in charge of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Drug Task Force (DTF) has much more on his mind. It is the recognition of a reality that neutralizes fears of impending doom. It is the recognition of a reality that no human can guarantee. Peace.

The slowing economy is causing consternation at the Fayette County government complex, and last week’s budget hearing on the capital improvement program demonstrated the cautious approach towards spending the county is now adopting.

A number of new homes in Peachtree City would have to be built with expensive fire suppression systems — an indoor, pressurized water sprinkler system like the ones you see in hotels — if a proposed ordinance is adopted by the City Council.

Mounting traffic congestion is a daily and increasing reality in Fayette County. A move to lessen traffic impact is the purpose of the Fayetteville Bypass, with construction on the first of three phases of the West Bypass expected to begin in the spring and construction of the East Bypass tentatively set to begin in late 2011.

Fayetteville City Council Feb. 7 will hear the second reading and potentially vote on a proposed amendment to the city’s Loading Zone Ordinance.

A Fayetteville woman will serve 2 years probation and 1,000 hours of community service for a March auto crash that killed two local men in Peachtree City.

On the afternoon of Nov. 5, 2007, Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray received a call to meet with City Manager Bernard McMullen at City Hall.

• June 1989 — Jim Murray is hired as Peachtree City Police Chief. He comes from service with the Savannah Police Department.

The following is a transcript of an interview in mid-January with the attorney representing Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray. The attorney is Richard Lindsey; he is interviewed by The Citizen’s Ben Nelms.

The following is a summary of an interview Jan. 23, 2008, by The Citizen’s John Munford with Peachtree City Manager Bernard McMullen about the events surrounding the resignation of Chief James Murray.

The following is the summary of an interview conducted with Peachtree Mayor Harold Logsdon on Jan. 28, 2008:

Mayor Logsdon said the meeting at City Hall between City Manager Bernard McMullen and police Chief James Murray involved McMullen providing the chief with the information about the chatroom logs and the chief deciding to retire.

Flat screen TV burglars have struck again in Fayetteville, breaking into the Applebee’s restaurant and stealing two TVs early Tuesday morning, police said.

Walt Banks intersection would remain 4-way stop with increasing delays

The Peachtree City Council is being asked to sign off on a plan to add more turn lanes and a traffic signal to the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Crosstown Road.